Protest: Say NO to Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle
2019-10-10 17:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
No Nazis at UF, Dream Defenders, #ChompTrump, GAU and many other groups are protesting UF’s financial support of white supremacists.

New Location: Meet NWLers, Oct 10th starting at 5:00pm in Turlington Plaza (at “The Potato” landmark) to march with other community activists to the event venue.

Demands released by No Nazis at UF include:

Cancel the event and refuse a platform to any future speakers who will not publicly acknowledge the link between the Trump administration and far-right terrorism. Specifically, the University must do its job to vet speakers who are part of this linkage.
ACCENT Speakers Bureau no longer serves the majority of the UF community in a constructive way. We demand the defunding of ACCENT Speakers Bureau, who have continuously sponsored right-wing speakers such as Ben Shapiro.1 The misallocation of funds is emblematic of a much larger problem at UF whereby students do not have democratic control over their fees and tuition. The allocation of student government funds must do more than reflect the diversity of UF’s student body; it must actively repair and amend the on-campus conditions which resulted in an “F” from the USC Race Equity Center and which contribute to the marginalization of students of color and queer students…. (see full demands on their Facebook page)

Conversation with Liza Featherstone of The Nation and Jacobin at the Strand bookstore in New York
2019-10-10 19:30 - 22:30 | Strand Bookstore, New York, NY
With an antiabortion majority on the Supreme Court and several states attempting to outlaw abortion altogether, many activists are on the defensive, hoping to hold on to reproductive rights in a few places and cases. How did we get here and how do we build a fighting movement for abortion rights and full reproductive justice?
In her new book Without Apology, Jenny Brown uncovers a century of legal abortion in the United States until 1873, recalls women’s experiences in the illegal days, and shows how the women’s liberation movement of the 1960s really won abortion rights. She draws inspiration and lessons from the radicals of Redstockings, the Army of Three, and the Jane Collective, putting together a road map for today’s organizers from the black feminist argument for reproductive justice, the successful fight to make the morning-after pill available over the counter, and the recent mass movement to repeal Ireland’s abortion ban. It’s time to return to the fundamental ideas that won legal abortion in the first place: Women publicly telling the full truth of their own experience, demanding repeal of all abortion restrictions, and showing how abortion and birth control are the key demands in the struggle for women’s freedom.

Join us on the Strand’s second floor as Jenny discusses Without Apology with The Nation’s Liza Featherstone.

Jenny Brown was a leader in the fight to get the morning-after pill over the counter in the US and a plaintiff in the winning lawsuit. She is co-author of the Redstockings book Women’s Liberation and National Health Care: Confronting the Myth of America. While editor at Labor Notes magazine, she coauthored How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers. She writes, teaches, and organizes with the feminist group National Women’s Liberation and is the author of Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight over Women’s Work (PM Press).

Liza Featherstone is a journalist based in New York City and a contributing editor to Jacobin and The Nation, where she also writes the advice column “Asking for a Friend.” Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Ms., and Rolling Stone, among many other outlets. She is the co-author of Students Against Sweatshops: The Making of a Movement (Verso, 2002) and author of Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Worker’s Rights at Wal-Mart (Basic, 2004). She is the editor of False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Clinton (Verso, 2016)

Jenny Brown presents Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now
2019-10-21 18:00 - 19:00 | Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe, 55 Haywood St, Asheville, NC, 28801
From Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe :
With an anti-abortion majority on the Supreme Court and several states attempting to outlaw abortion altogether, many activists are on the defensive, hoping to hold on to reproductive rights in a few places and cases. This spirited book shows how feminism can start winning again. Jenny Brown uncovers a century of legal abortion in the United States until 1873, recalls women’s experiences in the illegal days, and shows how the women’s liberation movement of the 1960s really won abortion rights. She draws inspiration and lessons from the radicals of Redstockings, the Army of Three, and the Jane Collective, putting together a road map for today’s organizers from the black feminist argument for reproductive justice, the successful fight to make the morning-after pill available over the counter, and the recent mass movement to repeal Ireland’s abortion ban. Brown argues that politically conservative nonprofits have been setting the agenda, emphasizing rare tragic cases and relying on the rhetoric of choice and privacy. Instead, it is time to return to the fundamental ideas that won legal abortion in the first place: Women publicly telling the full truth of their own experience, demanding repeal of all abortion restrictions, and showing how abortion and birth control are the key demands in the struggle for women’s freedom.
Jenny Brown was a leader in the fight to get the morning-after pill over the counter in the US and a plaintiff in the winning lawsuit. She is co-author of the Redstockings book Women’s Liberation and National Health Care: Confronting the Myth of America. While editor at Labor Notes magazine, she coauthored How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers. She writes, teaches, and organizes with the feminist group National Women’s Liberation and is the author of Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight over Women’s Work.
This event is free and open to the public. We ask that you purchase the books you want to be signed at our events from Malaprop’s. When you do this you are not only supporting the work it takes to run an events program, you are also telling the publishers that they should keep sending authors here. Can’t make it to the store for the event? Call us or order the book on our website in advance, and we’ll get it signed for you. Make sure you write your preferences in the comments if you purchase online.

NWL-NYC October General Meeting
2019-10-22 19:00 - 20:30
Join National Women’s Liberation NYC for our monthly general meeting, October 22, 2019 at 7:00pm. At our General Meetings, we lead learn the history of the Women’s Liberation Movement, hold consciousness-raisings to guide our activism, discuss NWL’s ongoing campaigns, and work together to fight male supremacy and win more freedom for women.
This month we’ll work on our upcoming action on abortion law repeal and the New York Reproductive Health Act.

Without Apology Book Tour
2019-10-24 18:30 - 20:00
NWL organizer Jenny Brown will discuss her new book Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now (Verso/Jacobin, October 2019).

When: Thursday, October 24, 6:30 pm
Where: Avid Books, 493 Prince Ave, Athens, GA

More info here

Jenny Brown on Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women's Work
2019-10-30 15:00 - 16:30
Wed., Oct. 30th, 3pm to 4:30pm
Santa Fe College, S-29, Gainesville, FL

Come to Santa Fe College to hear Birth Strike author Jenny Brown’s new strategies for winning full access to abortion and birth control, and for improving the difficult working conditions U.S. parents now face when raising children. For more information, visit the event page.

NWL Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Redstockings
2019-11-19 19:00 - 21:30
*Special Event*
Tuesday, November 19, 7-9:30PM
The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 5th Ave, Room C197 (Manhattan)

On Tuesday, November 19, 2019, NWL will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Redstockings.

NWL and Redstockings members will read key pieces of Redstockings’ work, share their impact on our thinking and activism, and invite the audience to testify. Join us!

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NWL General Meeting: Redstockings Anniversary
2019-12-05 18:30 - 20:30
When: December 5th, 6:30PM-8:30PM
Where: 200 NE 1st St., Suite 201, Gainesville FL

2019 is the 50th anniversary of Redstockings. Using materials from the Redstockings Women’s Liberation Archives for Action, join NWL to celebrate the rebirth of the feminist movement in the 1960s and talk about how this past work continues to influence us today. We’ll be discussing the following readings:

Redstockings Manifesto
Interview with Kathleen Cleaver in Women’s World (page 20)
Resistances to Consciousness

Celebrating 50 years of Redstockings
2019-12-05 18:30 - 20:30 | NWL-Gainesville Office, 200 NE 1st St, suite 201, Gainesville, FL, 32601
When: December 5th, 6:30PM-8:30PM
Where: 200 NE 1st St., Suite 201, Gainesville FL
2019 is the 50th anniversary of Redstockings. Using materials from the Redstockings Women’s Liberation Archives for Action, join NWL to celebrate the rebirth of the feminist movement in the 1960s and talk about how this past work continues to influence us today. We’ll be discussing the following readings:

Redstockings Manifesto
Interview with Kathleen Cleaver in Women’s World (page 20)
Resistances to Consciousness

For more information, visit the Facebook event.

Book talk on Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now
2019-12-06 19:00 - 21:00 | East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94618
Book talk on Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now with Allie Lahey of East Bay DSA and Meagan Day of Jacobin, at East Bay Booksellers in Oakland.
From East Bay Booksellers:

EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome Jenny Brown to read from her new book, Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now on Friday, December 6th at 7pm. She will be joined in conversation by Meagan Day and Allie Lahey.
With an antiabortion majority on the Supreme Court and several states attempting to outlaw abortion altogether, many activists are on the defensive, hoping to hold on to reproductive rights in a few places and cases. How did we get here and how do we build a fighting movement for abortion rights and full reproductive justice?
In her new book Without Apology, Jenny Brown uncovers a century of legal abortion in the United States until 1873, recalls women’s experiences in the illegal days, and shows how the women’s liberation movement of the 1960s really won abortion rights. She draws inspiration and lessons from the radicals of Redstockings, the Army of Three, and the Jane Collective, putting together a road map for today’s organizers from the black feminist argument for reproductive justice, the successful fight to make the morning-after pill available over the counter, and the recent mass movement to repeal Ireland’s abortion ban. It’s time to return to the fundamental ideas that won legal abortion in the first place: Women publicly telling the full truth of their own experience, demanding repeal of all abortion restrictions, and showing how abortion and birth control are the key demands in the struggle for women’s freedom.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jenny Brown was a leader in the fight to get the morning-after pill over the counter in the US and a plaintiff in the winning lawsuit. She is co-author of the Redstockings book Women’s Liberation and National Health Care: Confronting the Myth of America. While editor at Labor Notes magazine, she coauthored How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers. She writes, teaches, and organizes with the feminist group National Women’s Liberation and is the author of Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight over Women’s Work.
Allie Lahey has been organizing with reproductive rights and justice organizations for the last 7 years in Ohio and California, including leading campaigns to fight abortion bans, overturn the Hyde Amendment, and expand abortion access onto college campuses. She is also on the Steering Committee for the East Bay Democratic Socialists of America, and has been a part of campaigns for rent control, socialist candidates running for office, and the Oakland Teachers strike.
Meagan Day is the author of MAXIMUM SUNLIGHT (Wolfman Books 2016). She is a Ben Bagdikian editorial fellow at Mother Jones and a features editor at Full Stop . She’s a former staff writer for Timeline, and her work has also appeared in n+1, The New Inquiry, The Believer, The Towner and elsewhere. She has worked at Aeon Magazine, McSweeney’s Publishing and Time Out Istanbul, and interned at Granta Magazine. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and a Master’s in Cultural Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London.

Rooted in Love Workshop Summit
2019-12-14 12:00 - 18:00 | Gainesville Vineyard Church, 11000 SE 17th Dr., Gainesville, FL, United States
Childcare provided

Join M.A.M.A.’s Club and GRILL (Gainesville Rooted in Love Leaders) for a community workshop summit focused on developing anti-racist practices in social justice groups and actions. This is the first in a series of workshops. All are welcome: groups, individuals, followers, leaders! This workshop is for everyone in the Alachua County community, especially those interested in deepening their understanding of anti-racist social activism.

Lunch is provided at noon and luncheon speakers, Dr. Zoharah Simmons and Professor Dan Harmeling will share their herstory and history on The Racism and Sexism Within Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Please read one of the following before the event: White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo, How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram Kendi, or White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson. Books available in-store and online at Third House Books.

If you are interested in a co-sponsorship or would like to give a financial donation, please reach out to Faye Williams at (352)-226-2623, or sisterspace1515@yahoo.com.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration
2020-01-20 13:00 - 15:00
Mon., January 20th, starting at 1pm
MLK Memorial Gardens, 200 E. Univ. Ave.
Join NWL organizers in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life, legacy and fight for human dignity by marching in the annual MLK Commemorative March. Look for the NWL shirts and our banner!
See the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission facebook page for more events this weekend.

NWL General Meeting: 2020 Election: What's in It for Women?
2020-01-21 19:30 - 21:30
Tonight: Tuesday, January 21, 7:30 – 9:30PM
**New Location** CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, Room 9207 (Manhattan)

We’re looking forward to starting strong in 2020! At our January General Meeting, we’ll discuss the upcoming election and hold a consciousness-raising, answering the question: What’s in it for women? We will also discuss the next steps in our Birth Strike! campaign.

After the meeting, we’ll head to Heartland Brewery. Join us!

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7th Annual Roe v. Wade Anniversary Show and Benefit
2020-01-25 19:00 - 2020-01-26 00:00
Sat., Jan. 25, 2020
7:00 pm to 12:00 am (music starts at 8 pm)
The Wooly @ 20 N. Main St.
Women have never been gifted our rights by a benevolent government: they are won through powerful and effective movements.
Join us for our 7th annual Roe v. Wade Anniversary Benefit: featuring local bands Piss Test, Palimony, Vagileles, and Faith & Majesty. In addition to the show, you can also meet other social justice groups in our community organizing fair; see radical political theatre; and bid to support NWL thru our silent auction.

You Can Change This Election: Learn How to Register Voters
2020-01-30 18:30 - 20:00 | NWL-Gainesville Office, 200 NE 1st St, suite 201, Gainesville, FL, 32601
National Women’s Liberation is hosting a voter registration training at our office, led by the Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC). We particularly want to reach people with felony convictions who are newly eligible to vote via Amendment 4, as well as registered voters who are inactive.
Here in Alachua County, FLIC is aiming to reach and engage with 20,000 voters this year.

There are tens-of-thousands who are newly-eligible under Amendment 4.
Of the already registered voters, roughly 40% don’t vote in general elections.
Over 45,000 voters in Alachua County are registered as No Party Affiliation (NPA).
Over 18,000 people were removed from the voting rolls in Alachua County for “inactivity,” which is caused primarily by housing instability.

We have work to do! Join us for the training and to plan next steps!

Register voters with NWL, Planned Parenthood and Florida Immigrant Coalition!
2020-02-16 13:00 - 16:00
This is the last weekend before the deadline to register to vote in the presidential primary election on Tuesday, March 17th. Any new voter registration or updates like a new address or change in political party should be made by Tuesday, Feb. 18th. Check that your registration is current here.

There is only one weekend remaining before the deadline: and we’re meeting on Sunday with Planned Parenthood and the Florida Immigrant Coalition to register as many voters as possible.

Sunday, Feb 16th
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Civic Media Center, 433 S. Main St

We’ll start with an introductory training by the Florida Immigrants Coalition and then we’ll head out to canvass! Bring water, sunglasses, a hat and good walking shoes. We’ll provide flyers, talking points and answers to your questions.

Here’s why we need your help:

There are tens-of-thousands who are newly-eligible to vote under Amendment 4.
Of the already registered voters, roughly 40% don’t vote in general elections.
Over 45,000 voters in Alachua County are registered as No Party Affiliation (NPA), and will not be able to vote on the democratic presidential candidate in the primary election.
Over 18,000 people were removed from the voting rolls in Alachua County for “inactivity,” which is caused primarily by housing instability.

Additional information:

Info on the upcoming presidential primary election here.
Info on other upcoming deadlines and election dates here.
Info on voting and registration here.

You can also make updates to your voter registration by going in person to the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections office Monday through Friday: 515 N. Main St, Suite 300.
The deadline to register to vote is 29 days before any election.

More on FLIC:
The Florida Immigrant Coalition is a statewide alliance of more than 62 member organizations, including farmworkers, students, service providers, grassroots organizations and legal advocates, who come together for the fair treatment of all people, including immigrants. FLIC works encompasses coordination of immigrant organizations, community education, organizing and advocacy.

NWL General Meeting
2020-02-18 19:30 - 21:30
Abortion Pill: What You Didn’t Know
Tuesday, February 18, 7:30 – 9:30PM
CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, Room 9207 (Manhattan)

At February’s general meeting, we’ll focus on medication abortion and study surprising facts about “the abortion pill.” To further investigate, we’ll host a consciousness raising focusing on both medication and surgical abortion.

Please read these articles to prepare for our discussion.

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Campus Committee Meeting: Get Involved in Feminism
2020-02-26 19:00 - 20:30
Wed, February 26th, 7 – 8:30 pm
200 NE 1st St, Suite 201 (enter through back garage)

Join us to organize direct action and demand action from UF. We will be working on the following priorities:

Tell UF: Demand that Men Don’t Rape
We are fed up with UF’s half-hearted sexual assault prevention programs that place blame on survivors. We demand that UF place blame on abusers and those who protect them.

Morning After Pill Vending Machine
NWL has been campaigning for a morning after pill vending machine on UF campus since 2018. UF persists to stonewall us at every attempt. We demand access to UF’s $10 morning after pill 24/7 in a vending machine on UF campus AND Santa Fe campus.

NWL’s campus committee is open to all self-identified women who want to organize in higher education.

Get Out The Vote Register Voters From Home
2020-04-13 08:00 - 2020-04-17 17:00
National Women’s Liberation partner and ally, the Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC) is hosting a Phonebank Frenzy next week from April 13 to April 17, to register as many voters in Florida as possible. Sign up here!

FLIC will provide a brief training (you can sign up for the training online), and then you’ll be eligible to sign up to make phone calls.

This pandemic has shown how fragile our democracy is — and voting is one way to fight back.

Here’s why we need your help:

There are tens-of-thousands who are newly-eligible to vote under Amendment 4; many people with a felony conviction can now vote.
Of already registered voters, roughly 40% don’t vote in general elections.
Eligible voters are regularly removed from voting rolls around the state for “inactivity,” which is caused primarily by housing instability.

Abortion Struggle Update on Jacobin's Stay at Home Series with Jenny Brown
2020-04-15 18:00 - 19:00
National Women’s Liberation organizer Jenny Brown will be interviewed on Jacobin Magazine’s YouTube series “Stay at Home” on Wednesday, April 15 at 6pm Eastern Time. Audience members can ask questions via the comments.
Jenny will talk about why the establishment is cracking down on abortion and birth control now, and how successful movements have fought back. The current nonprofit strategy to defend abortion rights echoes unsuccessful efforts of the past—it was radicals who won us the reproductive freedoms we have. She will also give an update on state governments trying to use the pandemic crisis to block abortion, as well as some victories!
To watch, go here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoLXUIBQrsM

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2020-05-02 08:00 - 2020-05-31 17:00 | venue name, address address address, gainesville, FL, zip, United States
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NWL Study Group: Universal Programs in the U.S.: What's the Obstacle?
2020-05-05 19:30 - 21:30
Tuesday May 5, 7:30 – 9:30PM EST (& each Tuesday until May 26)
via Zoom (RSVP here)

Health care systems that cover everyone have better health outcomes and cost less. They also give women more independence from men. So why can’t we win one in the U.S.?

The point of this study group is to look at the various obstacles to people in the U.S. supporting universal programs (whether Medicare for All or universal childcare). Sometimes it’s because they don’t believe it will really help them (since some things are labelled “universal” or “for all” and then end up excluding people by race, sex, income or immigration status). Some think universal programs will be worse than what they have (“public” things are inferior, cash-strapped, or not safe). Some think that relying on the government is a sign of weakness. And some say they don’t want “undeserving” people (usually this involves racism) to benefit from a program funded by (their) taxes.

We will also look at the history of when U.S. government programs (like Social Security or public schools or Medicare or the Postal Service) have expanded or even been truly universal, and whether they have had positive impacts on women and people of color and other oppressed groups, and how that came to be true.

We’ll be answering these questions in a consciousness raising:
1. Name some universal or near-universal programs in the U.S. (for example, Social Security, Medicare, public schools, pre-K in NYC, FMLA, Postal Service, libraries, unemployment insurance, others?) Do they/did they benefit you? Any downsides? Do they affect you as a woman differently from men? As a woman of color (if applicable)?

2. Name some means-tested (that is, dependent on income) programs in the U.S. (Obamacare, Medicaid, food stamps, WIC, TANF, Head Start, mortgage interest deduction, EITC, others?) Do they/did they benefit you? Any downsides? Do they affect you as a woman differently from men? As a woman of color (if applicable)?

RSVP by emailing us at nwl@womensliberation.org and we’ll send you a link to the meeting via Zoom and the readings.

NWL Women of Color Caucus Consciousness Raising
2020-05-17 15:00 - 17:00
For Self-Identified Women of Color Only
Sunday, May 17, 3:00 – 5:00PM EST
via Zoom (RSVP here)

Join our Consciousness-Raising meetings (CR) where women answer questions using examples from their personal lives, then the group uses these personal testimonies to draw conclusions about the political root of women’s so-called “personal” problems.

We’ll be answering the following questions:

How is COVID-19 affecting you? What support do you need? What support do you have? How will this affect your life moving forward?

Virtual Consciousness-Raising on COVID-19
2020-05-24 15:00 - 17:00
Sunday, May 24, 3:00 PM ET (2:00 PM CT; 12:00 PM PT) via Zoom (RSVP here)
Join our Consciousness-Raising meetings (CR) where women answer questions using examples from their personal lives, then the group uses these personal testimonies to draw conclusions about the political root of women’s so-called “personal” problems.

We’ll be answering the following questions:
How is COVID-19 affecting you? Specifically, how has the COVID shelter in place mandate affected you? Has sexism or racism affected your labor demands (roles, amount of care work)? What support do you need? What support do you have? How will this affect your life moving forward?

COVID Resources
Crisis Text Line: Text GOT5 to 741741. An anonymous texting service available 24/7. Starting a conversation is easy.
SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990. Provides 24/7 crisis counseling and support to people experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human-caused disasters.
Domestic Violence: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). Advocates are available 24/7 to talk to anyone who is experiencing domestic violence, looking for information or questioning unhealthy aspects of their relationship.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255). If your life or someone else’s is in imminent danger, please call 911. If you are in crisis and need immediate help, please call.

Virtual Meeting on Criticism and Self-Criticism
2020-05-27 06:30 - 20:00
Please join us for a virtual Consciousness Raising on on Criticism and Self-Criticism, Wednesday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m. Self-criticism is essential to engaging in effective anti-racist work. This meeting builds on the organizing theories we presented at the December 14, 2019 Gainesville Rooted in Love Workshop. To prepare for the meeting, read Follow Like a Leader and begin to evaluate how the questions below have impacted your life and/or organizing work.

Give an example of a time you received criticism that you agreed with. How did you react? Did you change as a result? Why or why not?
Give an example of time that you received criticism that you initially disagreed with. How did you react? Did you change as a result of the criticism? Why or why not?

Please RSVP to nwl@womensliberation.org to receive information on how to join Zoom meeting.

NWL Police Interaction and Law Enforcement Consciousness Raising
2020-08-04 19:30 - 21:30
Tuesday, August 4, 7:30 to 9:30 PM EDT
via Zoom (RSVP here)

Join NWL for our upcoming virtual Consciousness-Raising (CR) on policing. We will discuss our experiences with police to better understand feminists mutual stake in fighting oppression from law enforcement.

In CR women answer questions from their own experience, and then the group uses these testimonies to find the political roots of women’s so-called “personal” problems. Visit our website to learn more.

We’ll have questions finalized soon. Please RSVP and we will email you the zoom meeting link the day of the meeting.

MAMA's Club present Dr. Simmons
2020-09-05 16:00 - 18:00
Rooted in Love Speaker Series
Saturday, Sept 5th, 4:00 to 6:00pm
RSVP requested (meeting over Zoom)

M.A.M.A.’s Club in Gainesville, FL is hosting presentations by Dr. Zoharah Simmons and Professor Loretta Ross and Chanae Jackson on “Resist White Supremacy: Thoughts and Actions”. NWL is happy to provide technical support for the event.

The speakers will be followed by audience comments, questions and solutions.

The event is free, but M.A.M.A.’s Club appreciates donations. We ask that you RSVP to ensure you can access the event

MAMA's Club presents Dr. Loretta Ross and Terri Bailey
2020-09-12 16:00 - 18:00
Rooted in Love Speaker Series
Saturday, September 12, 4:00 to 6:00 PM EDT
RSVP requested (meeting over Zoom)

M.A.M.A.’s Club in Gainesville, FL is hosting presentations by Professor Loretta Ross and Terri Bailey on fighting back against patriarchy and male supremacy. NWL is happy to provide technical support for the event.

The speakers will be followed by audience comments, questions and solutions.

Virtual Consciousness-Raising on Education
2020-09-23 18:30 - 20:30
Wednesday, September 23, 6:30 to 8:30 PM EDT
RSVP required (meeting over Zoom)

Join us for a virtual Consciousness-Raising (CR) on public education. As K-12 schools are reopening across our state and nation, it is increasingly apparent that our public education system is not meeting the needs of children, educators, parents or their communities. We want to compare and contrast how we are each individually impacted by (K-12) public education, and what changes would improve our lives. This CR is meant for parents, caretakers and women without children.

In CR, women answer questions from their own experience, and then the group uses these testimonies to find the political roots of our so-called “personal” problems.

CR questions:

Whether or not you have kids, how do the schools (public, private, university, etc) opening up impact you?
Whether or not you have kids, how did the school closure impact you?

Each person who testifies will have approx 4 minutes. Afterwards we’ll discuss the testimony and draw conclusions.

Virtual Consciousness-Raising on Opposing Racism
2020-09-29 19:30 - 21:30
Tuesday, Sept 29th, 7:30-9:30pm
RSVP required (meeting over Zoom)

Join National Women’s Liberation (NWL) for our upcoming virtual consciousness-raising (CR) on opposing racism. This CR is to draw political conclusions about how racism works and how to defeat it as a multiracial feminist fighting force. Please note, this is not an anti-racist training. It is not about individual self improvement or improving our image. The primary goal of this CR is to help focus our efforts as we continue the fight to overthrow racism.

In CR women answer questions from their own experience, and then the group uses these testimonies to find the political roots of women’s so-called “personal” problems.

We will answer these questions:

Have you ever seen something racist or experienced racism and opposed it? What motivated you?
Have you ever seen something racist or experienced racism and not opposed it? Give examples.
How has racism influenced your choices/decisions? (For example, in the workplace, in public, social circles, in political work, interacting with white people, etc.).

Please RSVP!
